“独臂愚公”名叫房安林,是河北省邯郸县康庄乡后牛叫村农民,今年四十有六,他16岁修公路时,不幸左臂断肢。鼋子沟是一条处于丘陵地的盘古野沟,从无人烟。当地人传说,鼋子沟因为沟内有鼋精而得名,早晚时候,人不得入沟。一次,房安林进沟放羊,发现从地下冒出一股清澈泉水,好像是从东海龙王嘴里喷出的甘泉一样,不管老天多旱,这泉水永不干竭。他盘算:有水就能浇地种庄稼。我何不利用这自流水,开荒种地,造福子孙后代?为后人多开块地,我也不白活一生。房安林打定了主意,与村委会签订了开发50亩荒沟地的合同。消息传开,有人讥笑他:咱村挨着煤矿,守着金饭碗,放着好赚的大钱不挣,去开荒沟,真是榆木脑袋不开壳。也有人说风凉话:他又不是活神仙、铁罗汉,一条胳膊开发荒沟?异想天开! “One arm foolish male ” known as Fang Anlin, Hebei Province, Handan County Kang Township Hou Niu village called farmers this year forty six, when he was 16 road repair, unfortunately, left arm and severed limbs. Chizi ditch is a hilly Pan Gu You ditch, uninhabited. Locals legend, prickly ditch because of the ditch have nimble and named, sooner or later, people may not into the ditch. Once, Fang Anlin into the ditch sheep, found a stream of clear spring water emerge from the ground, as if from the mouth of the East China Sea Longwang spit out of Oasis, no matter more drought, this spring never dry. He calculated: water can irrigate crops. Why do not I use this self-flowing water, wasteland planting, for the benefit of future generations? For future generations to open blocks, I do not live in vain. Housing Anlin set his mind, signed a contract with the village committee to develop 50 acres of wasteland. The news spread, some people ridiculed him: Our village next to the coal mines, guarding the golden rice bowl, put a lot of money earned earn, to open a wasteland ditch, really elm head is not open shell. Some people say that sarcastic: he is not a living god, iron Luohan, a development of a shortage of arms? Whimsical!